Panchayat Polls
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UP Panchayat Polls: How Kejriwal's AAP is aiming to build up its brand in hinterlands
Elections | Mar 30, 2021, 02:35 PM ISTAAP leaders in the state are optimistic that the party would get a good response from the people.
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Final phase of Panchayat polls underway in Andhra
Elections | Feb 21, 2021, 02:43 PM ISTPolling was underway peacefully for the fourth and final phase of Panchayat elections in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday.
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Third phase of panchayat polls begin in Andhra Pradesh
India | Feb 17, 2021, 01:29 PM ISTIn Kurnool district, elections started off on a peaceful note and district collector Veerapandian reiterated that people should exercise their franchise fearlessly.
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UP Panchayat Polls: Owaisi's AIMIM stitches alliance with Om Prakash Rajbhar's SBSP
Elections | Jan 14, 2021, 07:08 PM ISTAccording to reports, the Hyderabad-based party has stitched an alliance with Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) led by Om Prakash Rajbhar.
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Andhra writes to SEC to resume panchayat polls post vaccination
India | Jan 09, 2021, 12:18 PM ISTAndhra Pradesh Chief Secretary Aditya Nath Das wrote to the State Election Commissioner (SEC) Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar, that the halted rural local body elections could be resumed once the total vaccination programme along with coronavirus management is allowed to proceed unhindered on Friday.
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Himachal Pradesh's panchayat polls to be held in three phases in January
Elections | Dec 21, 2020, 05:32 PM ISTThe Panchayati Raj Institution (PRI) elections in Himachal Pradesh will be held in three phases in the next month, the state election commissioner said on Monday.
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Rajasthan panchayat polls: 61.8% voter turnout in first phase
Elections | Nov 23, 2020, 10:44 PM ISTAround 62 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the first phase of Rajasthan panchayat elections on Monday.
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UP panchayat polls to be held on time in December, says minister
Elections | May 28, 2020, 01:10 PM ISTUttar Pradesh Minister for Panchayati Raj Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary has refuted speculations that the panchayat elections may be delayed due to the Covid-19 outbreak and expressed confidence that the polls would be held on time in December.
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Ahead of Tripura panchayat polls, BJP wins 83% of total seats unopposed
Elections | Jul 12, 2019, 09:34 PM ISTAhead of the panchayat elections in Tripura, the ruling BJP has won over 5,500 (83 per cent) of the 6,646 seats unopposed in the three-tier rural body polls, officials said on Friday.
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People with more than two kids cannot contest panchayat polls in Uttarakhand
India | Jun 26, 2019, 06:07 PM ISTThe Uttarakhand Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill barring people with more than two children from contesting panchayat polls and also making minimum educational qualifications mandatory for rural election candidates.
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Punjab Panchayat Polls: Over 13,000 villages to elect local bodies tomorrow
Elections | Dec 29, 2018, 07:51 PM ISTThe voting will be held from 8 am to 4 pm on Sunday and counting of votes will take place after the conclusion of polling. As many as 13,276 sarpanchs and 83,831 panchs will be elected for 13,276 villages.
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Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Polls: Voting for 8th phase underway; 6,304 candidates in fray
India | Dec 08, 2018, 10:17 AM ISTAccording to the Chief Electoral Officer, J&K, Shaleen Kabra, 361 polling stations have been categorised as 'hypersensitive' in this phase. Of these, 171 are in the Kashmir division and 190 in the Jammu division.
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Panchayat polls in Punjab on December 30
Elections | Dec 07, 2018, 11:12 PM ISTA total of 86,340 personnel will be deputed on election duty with 40 to 50 observers to ensure smooth and peaceful conduct of the polls at the 17,268 polling booths, he said.
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Assam panchayat: 50 pc votes polled, anomalies reported in ballot papers
India | Dec 05, 2018, 07:40 PM ISTNearly 50 per cent votes were polled till the closing time of 3 pm but the exact figure would be known late in the evening as there were still long queues of voters at several polling stations, State Election Commission (SEC) sources said.
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Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Polls: Voting for sixth phase underway, people brave chilly weather to cast votes
India | Dec 01, 2018, 09:54 AM ISTBraving the cold weather, voters were seen queuing outside polling stations in both Jammu division and the Kashmir valley.
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Jammu and Kashmir panchayat polls: 71.3% voter turnout recorded in 4th phase
Politics | Nov 27, 2018, 11:09 PM ISTJammu and Kashmir panchayat polls: 71.3% voter turnout recorded in 4th phase
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J-K panchayat polls: 71.3% voter turnout recorded in 4th phase
Elections | Nov 27, 2018, 06:10 PM ISTVoter turnout in the first phase on November 17 was 74.1 per cent. In the second phase on November 20, 71.1 per cent and in the third phase on November 24, it was 75.2.
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J&K panchayat polls: Highly-qualified candidates seek mantle of change
Elections | Nov 26, 2018, 09:34 AM ISTPrithvi Raj, a PhD in botany, is a sarpanch candidate from the Loharna-A panchayat in Kishtwar. Mansoor Hussain, a masters-degree holder in political science and English, is a sarpanch candidate from the Loharna-B panchayat.
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Issuance of notification for J-K panchayat polls begins tomorrow
India | Oct 22, 2018, 11:51 PM IST"The notification for the first phase of panchayat polls will be issued on Tuesday and the elections will take place in nine phases," Jammu and Kashmir's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Shaleen Kabra told reporters in Srinagar.
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Terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen threatens candidates against contesting J&K local body polls
Elections | Oct 03, 2018, 01:12 PM ISTPoster pasted in Nowhatta under the name of Divisional Commander of Hizb asks all those participating in the elections to withdraw and announce the decision in local mosques within 10 hours or face death.